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 Give it time. Maybe not brand new but still a good deal, especially for casual, first time gamers May 18, 2009
L. B. Ekins (Orlando, FL USA)
13 out of 27 found this review helpful
OK STOP EVERYONE, STOP JUMPING ON THE RROD BANDWAGON.....!
Ever heard of innocent until proven guilty?
Let me begin by saying I'm from Europe originally and in Europe practically everyone has grown up with PSX. I had a PS1, a PS2 and now in the good old USA have owned a PS3 for about 18 months. So if anyone should be anti Xbox it should me...!! The PS3 is CLEARLY a better system on paper but after all this time I grew frustrated at the lack of EXCELLENT games, the fact that previous exclusive titles are no longer exclusive and the fact that developers haven't yet been able to harness it's true potential so finally I decided to fall to the "dark side" and buy an Xbox 360....
This package IS a fairly good deal for a casual gamer who doesn't risk overheating his or her machine by 10 hours of play a day... This package IS a fairly good deal for people who don't know anything about falcons, zephyrs or whatevers and this package IS a good deal for people who want 2 excellent games for free. It is also worth noting that the library of games for Xbox 360 & Xbox (Yes, with the 120G HDD included with the elite, it is backwards compatible unlike the newest versions of the PS3) is immense and for RPG fans this is a real incentive.
I think we should wait before giving our final verdicts - barring any technical issues this is a good deal - Think about it, a 120G HDD costs around $150, a HD cable around $40, a DVD player, maybe $100, 2 games around $70 so if you've never owned a games console before I would say this is the best deal around.
Don't get me wrong this ISN'T the PERFECT deal - SURE, it should not be advertised as the "newest version" as it is not (manufacture date of June 2008), SURE the machine is a lot noisier than the PS3, the 2 games come stuffed into 1 box which is just not professional and the controllers are battery operated, which, with technology available nowadays, is ridiculous. It's also worth noting that if you want to use a router for WIFI you have to fork out another $75 for the USB adapter and to be able to play games online you have to pay for Xbox Gold which, although isn't going to break the bank, is shameful considering PS3 offers free online gaming. And yes it could be worth buying the newer 60 GB versions at $100 less but this is where the main decision lies.
So it's really a question of faith... Is it worth paying $400 for a machine that risks breaking so soon, of course not, but Microsoft offers a free, 3 year warranty for the RROD problem, so I say wait and see, or at least find an ACTUAL reason not to like it, not a POSSIBLE ONE.....!?
 Buy with CAUTION May 15, 2009
AConsumerAdvocate (Raleigh, NC USA)
26 out of 33 found this review helpful
These units do NOT I repeat DO NOT have the Jasper chipset inside of them and therefore do not feature the latest hardware upgrades on the 360's. Microsoft is selling OLD SYSTEMS with OLD HARDWARE in these so called "new bundles".
Furthermore the two free games are in the SAME package and stuffed as tight as can be. I did not open the container but what you see is Halo 3 on 1 side and Fable 2 on the other. It is NOT 2 separate game discs and in my opinion is very tacky and not well done.
SHAME ON MICROSOFT FOR THIS CRAP. As much as I like the black finish on the Elite consoles I went ahead and got a Jasper Arcade unit and a 120GB Hard Drive.
Again the unit I bought was a Zephyr unit. Not even Falcon. There a few Falcon ones but I have yet to see any of these bundles contain a Jasper Unit.
But at your own RISK.
No issues so far. May 15, 2009
M. Daneker (Spinnerstown, Pa USA)
5 out of 23 found this review helpful
I have no idea about the 'chipset" for the units, but yeah, it says it was made in '08. So? It works.
What does bother me with the X-Bos is that first, silly I know, but it's gray, not black.
Okay, other than that, I hate the dashboard. It would not let me play Fable 2 until I created a second account, then it started a new game, now I have two accounts, one avatar and can't keep track of where my saved games are, can't copy the saves, or consolidate. I can't find my downloads because it seems I'm always in the wrong account for what I want but can't back-up my saves so I can destroy all accounts and create one to use.
I hate the layout, it's not user friendly.
I can't find the wireless set-up, anywhere. There's no book with the thing that explains the dashboard!!! I found wireless setup once by mistake but didn't have the #### handy to enter so it's still attached by a cable to the internet.
The media sharing is crap befause you can't browes folders, you have all your video / music on your main drive and default MS folders!
What a freaking mess this system is!
So, here's the deal, Halo 3, Fable 2, Infinite Undiscovery, Star Ocean 3 are all x-box only games, they are worth the investment! But when FFXIII comes out, I'm sticking with my PS3!!!
The X-Box has only DVD support (never had HD-DVD, that was lie, you needed a second disk drive) and all the games that are also available on PS3 look and sound better on PS3(Eternal Sonata, Dead Space, Half Life 2, etc) but the X-Box has more RPG / Action RPG than any system, so it's the one to have for that genre, otherwise the PS3 is much, much better for the money.
WARNING May 14, 2009
Arturo (Portland, Or USA)
12 out of 27 found this review helpful
Before you buy it do a search on the "Red Ring of Death" (RRoD), Or just anything about "flashing red lights" and "xbox 360". They should put a warning in their ads or something. I got the RRoD, I know a few people who got the RRoD, and I don't really know too many people with an xbox 360. Based on that and just all the other people an internet search will show have gotten the problem, makes it seem to me like a common problem. Basically if you see those lights there's something wrong with your system and you can't play it. Sure there is a 3yr warranty to fix it, from what I understand only for the 3 red lights. Only 1yr for the 2 red lights, supposed 'overheating' fault, which I eventually got during a 10min game session and continue to get every once in a while. Even still with the warranty you have to send your system in to get it repaired or replaced with a refurbished system, which takes about a month to get resolved. It's pretty annoying paying so much for a system and not being able to play it. The problem is common enough I'm not putting any more money into their system. All I'm trying to do is warn you of something I didn't know, other than that the quality of it's games is fine. Same old same old, just flashier graphics, as expected. I'm just frustrated with Xbox and I'm going to try and not spend any more money on Xbox and save up to get a PS3. If you're looking for something new and original get a wii, other than that for graphics and more mature games get PS3. Anyways I just think people should know the risks they're taking, maybe by now the problem has been addressed with a better answer than a warranty extension, but I'm just telling you my experience.
Surprised that elite means year old hardware May 8, 2009
obecka dell (Washington, DC United States)
28 out of 34 found this review helpful
I had been on the sidelines with the latest consoles but with the addition of Netflix streaming, I thought it was time to have a look in more detail at the xbox 360.
I did some research on the various xbox failures and discovered that they were heat related and that the latest chipsets were both cooler running and more energy efficient. Most excellent I thought, who doesn't want a more energy efficient device, and happily pre-ordered the latest bundle thinking Microsoft would put their best foot forward on the elite edition. Well, maybe hoping is the better word.
I was wrong. I got an xbox with a manufacturing date of June 2008. Hardly the newest available. I was not a happy consumer. I wanted the elite because it is black (matches the other AV equipment) but was also expecting it to be new technology at this price point.
I understand that Microsoft might not want to offer a distinction in the various xbox internals, i.e., an xbox is and xbox, but when there are functional differences (energy consumed, fan use, reliability), the top of the line should
be just that. Really too bad that it wasn't.
Amazon was great with delivery and return.
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